The bullets were flying back and forth between the lines during the siege of Vicksburg. I guess it was inevitable that some of them would meet each other before they reached their intended target.
I dug this pair from the hills behind the siege lines many years ago after their paths had crossed way back in 1863. The energy of their impact welded them together. How many like this have been dug here, or elsewhere? I don't know. But of the many thousands of bullets I and others have dug from the hills around Vicksburg and elsewhere, this is the only bonafide pair I've seen.
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